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More Zune details emerge

Friday, October 13 2006

Altec Lansing dock & speakers for Zune

There have been more and more details about the Zune emerging since it's announcement. Here's a quick little collection, in order of my interest...

  • $249.99 price tag - Comparable to the 30GB . A good starting point in my opinion. I don't know if we're losing money on the hardware (like Xbox), but I think it's a smart move to enter the market at a comparable price. 
  • Available Tuesday 11.14.2006 - In plenty of time for this holiday season. Hmm, an early Christmas present for myself perhaps. ;-)
  • WiFi explained - What it is and what it isn't, explained quite succinctly. I'm glad that they built in 802.11 b/g and am hoping that a lot of the negative impressions will be addressed in the future. I would love to browse the web, sync with my PC and download songs over wireless!
  • Zune Marketplace - $14.99/month for unlimited songs or $.99 each. I would be much happier with $5 or $10 a month [hell, who wouldn't?], but in all honesty it's a deal if you download anymore than 15 songs/month. 99 cents per song is competitive with iTunes, but the Zune Pass for $14.99/month beats it!
  • 3 inch wide-screen - Compare that to the iPod's 2.5" screen plus it switches to widescreen perspective for video!
  • Sharing songs explained - Zune does not encode or apply DRM to songs you share with your friends. It simply applies a standard rule to every song transferred...3-days or 3-plays.
  • Transcoding 'splained - How Zune will handle transferring video & audio files from your PC.
  • Accessories, accessories, accessories - iPod has created a whole industry built around it's peripheral devices, so what about Zune peripherals? Here they come: Altec Lansing docking station, leather cases, Microsoft stuff and the Octavio by VAF.
  • Stuff pre-loaded on Zune
  • Halo 3 on your Zune - Hehe, you thought I meant playing it didn't you. ;-)
  • What comes with it in the box? 

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I'm getting more and more excited about this product as information is being released. Hmm, yummy! :-D

~tod

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